Is shade beneficial for Mediterranean shrubs experiencing periods of extreme drought and late-winter frosts?

Annals of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 923-933

  Valladares, Fernando ^a,b   Zaragoza Castells, Joana ^c   Sánchez Gómez, David ^a   Matesanz, Silvia ^a   Alonso, Beatriz ^a   Portsmuth, Angelika ^d,e   Delgado, Antonio ^f   Atkin, Owen K ^c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^e CSIC   (Spain)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Arctostaphylos uva ursi; Climate change; Drought; Facilitation; Frost; Plant plant interactions; Quercus ilex; Shade; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

CARBON; RAIN; WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FACILITATION; FROST; GLOBAL CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA URSI; ARTICLE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FREEZING; MICROCLIMATE; OAK; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SOIL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARCTOSTAPHYLOS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; FREEZING; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUERCUS; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI; ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 56449123846     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn182     Document Type: Article

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